Fireproof Your Marriage

How can you save a marriage from being torn apart by the stress of one spouse’s job? Police officers and firefighters have to look death in the face every day. Their stress levels are so intense that 75 to 90 percent of their marriages end in divorce. Dr. Phil examines the marriages of the heroes we depend on.

I Do, Take Two?

Ty and Wendy were married 11 years before the stress of Ty’s job, first as a correctional officer and then as a police officer, took its toll. Wendy says Ty brought a lot of anger home and was always in “cop mode.” Ty says he didn’t feel like his family respected him. Now divorced, this couple wants to repair their relationship and try again.

Actor Kirk Cameron became a TV icon by playing Michael Seaver on the hit show Growing Pains. Now a family man with six children, he stars in the film, Fireproof, about a firefighter trying to save his marriage. Dr. Phil speaks with Kirk, the filmmakers and a woman struggling to save her real-life marriage to a fireman.